Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
An early Japanese legend describes a god of the sea who possesses two jewels responsible for controlling the ebb and flow of the tides. In other legends, the jewels belong to the Dragon King who rules from a palace beyond or beneath the sea. Tales received from China feature dragons that can generate rain by using pearls. This <em>okimono</em> (a small sculptural object without a function) mines imagery associated with these tales while aiming to appeal to the interest in gems and minerals embraced by some Americans and Europeans of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
125797
label
Tide-Changing Jewel with Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
125797
contentType
object
title
Tide-Changing Jewel with Dragon
description
An early Japanese legend describes a god of the sea who possesses two jewels responsible for controlling the ebb and flow of the tides. In other legends, the jewels belong to the Dragon King who rules from a palace beyond or beneath the sea. Tales received from China feature dragons that can generate rain by using pearls. This <em>okimono</em> (a small sculptural object without a function) mines imagery associated with these tales while aiming to appeal to the interest in gems and minerals embraced by some Americans and Europeans of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
date
early 1900s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79904809
genreSpecific
Metalwork
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
height with stand: 35.6 cm (14 in.); Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
cul
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
1947.682
Source extras
tec
silver, shakudō (copper and gold alloy), and crystal
tombstone
Tide-Changing Jewel with Dragon (潮を支配する珠と龍), early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Silver, shakudō (copper and gold alloy), and crystal; height with stand: 35.6 cm (14 in.); diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner, 1947.682
titleInOriginalLanguage
潮を支配する珠と龍
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
Foxwell, Chelsea, and Bradley M. Bailey. <em>Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.</em> Lexington, MA: Japanese Art Society of America, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 109, no. 2-22
creditline
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner
updatedAt
2026-06-17 13:31:31.704000
sourceId
125797
dept
Japanese Art
coll
Japanese Art
med
silver, shakudō (copper and gold alloy), and crystal
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
292c50bced30c83f